Joe Hernandez
Stories
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Sports
The Paralympics Are Getting A Higher Profile And Have More Athletes Than Ever
With prime-time coverage and more competitors than ever before, the Tokyo Paralympic Games have a number of "firsts."
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Sports
The Tokyo Paralympic Games Have The Most Athletes — And The Most Women — In History
There are 4,403 athletes taking part in the international competition getting underway Tuesday, according to the organizing committee for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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Health
WHO Calls For A Delay In Booster Shots To Prioritize Under-Vaccinated Countries
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus suggested that giving out booster shots in countries with high vaccination rates could lead to more dangerous coronavirus variants across the globe.
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Sports
A Record Number Of Out LGBTQ Athletes Will Compete In The Tokyo Paralympics
At least 28 publicly out Paralympians will be competing in the summer games in Tokyo, more than double the number that took part in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, according to the website Outsports.
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Environment
Rain Fell On The Peak Of Greenland's Ice Sheet For The First Time In Recorded History
According to scientists, rain fell for several hours on an area 10,551 feet in elevation on Aug. 14, an unprecedented occurrence for a location that rarely sees temperatures above freezing.
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Sports
An Olympian Sold Her Silver Medal To Fund A Boy's Surgery. The Buyer Let Her Keep It
Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk of Poland announced she would sell her medal in the javelin throw to help fund heart surgery for an 8-month-old. A convenience store chain had the winning bid of $125,000.
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National
Alabama Hospitals Have Run Out Of ICU Beds As COVID-19 Cases Surge
There are 29 more patients than there are open ICU beds as of Wednesday. The recent run, reminiscent of early in the pandemic, is occurring largely in states with the lowest vaccination rates.
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Environment
They Can't Afford Haiti Fatigue. So They Rally As Another Disaster Hits
Activists and relief workers can't help but respond to mounting disasters in Haiti, even though they are fatigued from the constant churn of relief efforts.
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National
A Pharmacist Is Charged With Selling COVID-19 Vaccine Cards For $10 On eBay
Tangtang Zhao, 34, allegedly sold 125 authentic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccination cards to 11 buyers in March and April.
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Science
Florida Gov. DeSantis Expands Monoclonal Antibody Treatments Amid COVID-19 Spike
Monoclonal antibodies can be used to treat people with mild to moderate COVID-19, but the treatment doesn't work for those who've already developed more severe symptoms or are hospitalized.